02-07-2025, 03:46 PM
(02-07-2025, 03:14 PM)cow Wrote: Hopes aren't takes or predictions. Further, picks can be used for more than just selecting players in the draft.
Regardless, my point remains that its much better to have AD than to trade him this summer for a package whose main feature is the number of picks. He's the guy you want. At some point down the road, that may change, but it's way premature imo.
And on the topic of picks, Mavs have to get wayyyyyyyy better at drafting/developing before assembling picks becomes an advantageous strategy. Despite all the hoopla, Nico has hit on Lively, and hit a zero on the others. Hardy - meh. OMax - meh. Neither has really contributed at all.
Of course, without Lindsey, his trades and negotiations have also been pretty bad, so not sure what route that leaves for good roster-building, if any.